Polygonal frost patterned ground as a Mars analogue in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Sassenroth, C., Hauber, Ernst, Baroni, S., Salvatore, M. C., de Vera, Jean Pierre Paul, Schmitz, Nicole
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Planetengeologie; Nutzerzentrum für Weltraumexperimente (MUSC); Austral; Victoria Land; Terra Nova Bay; Northern Foothills; Helliwell Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/147997/; https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12265

Polygonal patterned ground is ubiquitous in the martian mid-latitudes and in the polar regions of Earth. The latitude dependence of martian patterned ground and its morphological similarity to terrestrial patterned ground suggests that thermal contraction cracking may have been the leading formation...